You say that, but I did the biggest fart ever at around 14,000 feet whilst flying from Dalaman to LGW about a month ago. I'd hazard a guess that the people for the next 6 rows behind me perished. The stench was unreal. The usual gas cocktail was a belly full of chicken mixed with Dr Pepper.
On average, and this video is no exception, yours are among the all time best videos I have seen on the web. As a sound technician, let me say for the record your soundscapes are fantastic. The music is super clean and clear, well done. The fade ins/outs are perfect. The practice of slightly changing the aural perspective for different subject views greatly increases the realism and tension. A+ overall.
I’m a flight engineer on the KC-10, has the same engine configuration as the 1011. Was in the simulator today and we ran an all engine flameout checklist for practice. It can get stressful if you don’t have some altitude to work with lol
Air Force Vette Although not a pilot my first instinct would be to keep heading to Nassau with only 50 miles to go rather than turn around. Not trying to arm chair but do you think my decision would be correct as well? My gut told me that something more was going on with the oil pressure situation than in just one engine. Can't explain why even though I never heard of this flight before.
@@watershed44 : ...hopefully your instinct would be suppressed by your 12,000 to 17,000 hours of experience [ 1:25 ] and avoiding the limitations of your destination 'covered in low clouds and a thunderstorm' [ 4:14 ] and further, 'deteriorating weather, not equipped with radar, traffic ahead of your FLT855' [ 5:41 ] so you may not be next to land ... at least returning puts you back in a known environment with more options in your favor ...
@@watershed44 In my opinion, the fact that the flight crew landed the airplane safely and everyone survived unscathed makes it the right decision. If there is one thing any passenger on a commercial air must do is to put their trust in the flight crew to make the right decisions and get them safely to their destination. The only thing scary about passenger air travel is the complete relinquishing of control over your life to a perfect stranger. I would rather thank this pilot than question his decisions.
In aircraft maintenance there can be no shortcuts. At least the flight crew was competent and avoided a potential disaster. The FAA needs to step up maintenance inspections because even the best pilots can't fly a plane that stops working.
The captain was competent?????? Hey, he’s the guy that disregarded the computer warnings of no oil in engines!!!! If they made back to Miami, isn’t because of him, but because of luck and timing!!!!
Don't forget, it was also a Lockheed L-1011 they were on. unlike it's competitor, the L-1011 has an impeccable safety record, and was designed with multiple redundancies in mind. when taken proper care of and competently handled, I believe it to be one of the best and safest planes in the world
@@italiani41 I'll beg to differ. Did you not see the cause of the engine failure? I can't imagine how a fucking aircraft mechanic thinks it's OK to omit parts from an engine, never mind the cheap, lazy-ass ones that work on the average passenger car and cut corners. Kudos to the flight crew, but I hope every one of the fucking clown-ass "mechanics" were fired.
@@JohnAmaro_Official Are you serious? The pilot disregarded the indicator. The indicator was correct. If they lost fuel at a certain time they could have all been killed. Giving them all awards was bizarre.
i saw something else on his incident once before. I seem to remember the third engine quit shortly after landing as well. The fact they shut that engine down before it was destroyed bought them just enough run time after the others were destroyed, that when it was restarted, it made it the. runway
L-1011 fantastic aircraft, just ahead of it's time. I heard that engines 1& 3 seized due to the absence of oil but because 2 was shutdown while it still had a little oil remaining, it could be restarted. Then it was run at max power because they needed everything they could get. Due to the extreme friction at full power with no oil, the bearings actually melted rather than seizing, allowing the engine to continue to produce power with the shafts running in liquid metal. When power was reduced on the roll out it seized as is cooled. Rolls Royce Engineering 👍
@butchtropic You are right, must have been rumour that I heard at the time. Here is the NTSB report on the No 2 engine. maybe close to seizing would have been a more accurate description. "No. 2 Engine The results of the pre-repair test showed that all of the engine-measured parameters, including engine vibration levels, were within prescribed limits. There was a slight amount of cage lapping on the high pressure location bearing between the cage bore and the inner race lands, and the silver plating was removed from the lapped area of the cage. The remaining location bearings and components were in normal condition. The driven and driving bevel gears of the internal gearbox assembly were normally engaged and rotated freely. Disassembly of the radial drive driven bevel gear housing assembly showed that the ball bearings had surface heat discoloration on the outer race and on one-half of the bearing inner race and balls; however, the bearing's components retained their original shape and dimensions with the surface texture remaining smooth. The bearing cage had begun to make rubbing contact with the outer race lands, and the cage pockets were heavily scuffed. The rollers and the rolling surfaces of the inner roller bearing showed evidence of surface heat discoloration. The silver plating on the cage was intact and had normal color. Although the outer roller bearing was not discolored, it showed some cage lapping in the bore of the outer race." Chris.
The L1011 was a fantastic plane, it was relatively quiet, had lots of power, did consume a buttload of fuel though, but it could land itself and in that regard was way ahead of its time....
Branon Fontaine the same autoland design architecture was used for the L-1011 as as the one used on the British Trident, known as AAFS, 'Radio Altimeter Assisted Ballistic Flaring System', which had been previously co-developed by the RAF and BLEU (blind landing experimental unit) based at RAF Martlesham, for the Avro Vulcan and the Canberra, and a few other military aircraft types in development around the same time. A Team from the FAA travelled to RAF Martlesham in 1956 to see the system working, and were so impressed with it, that that they they are licensed its use for use on American aircraft, before developing a similar version of their own. Indeed, it was such a successful system, that many later airline manufacturers, including McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, Boeing, Fokker, and and the pre-amalgamated British manufacturers, like Vickers and de Havilland all adopted similar types of system. Ballistic phase flaring, allowed the aircraft autopilot to disregard the the glide slope ILS Beam once it had had past a certain threshold, rendering it it no longer usable by instruments, allowing the aircraft to adopt the correct landing setup up once it had passed a certain point on approach. If the aircraft already knew the approximate weight of the aircraft, (i.e. how much fuel was left on board), and and the general characteristics of the plane prior to landing phase, then the autopilot could set up the the flaps, slats, and speed and throttle control the moment it had intercepted the ILS. So even if all of the pilots and flight engineer had past out or succumbed for any reason, then the aircraft could simply follow the glide slope until it had reached the point where the glides slope was no longer usable (ILS Beacons are placed at the far end of the runway, so at about 2000 feet distance from the runway threshold, the glide slope starts to become irrelevant beyond a certain angular descent rate), at which point the aircraft enters the ballistic phase, so as long as the radio altimeter knows the height of the aircraft, and the aircraft speed, then it simply carries on flying at that descent rate until it touches down on the runway and auto brakes (with reverse thrusters if available.) The same system is still used today, although it's it's a more accurate and updated digital version of course.
I took ham radio courses from Bill Welsh, who wrote the manual for the L1011. He was president of the Lockheed Amateur Radio Club in Burbank when Lockheed was there. An old navy radio operator, he could send & receive More code at about 75 WPM!
@NKL8K9 Because there used to be international restrictions regarding the number of engines needed for a plane that is capable of transatlantic flights. The minimum engines that a plane needed for those flights were 3 engines. That restriction, eventuall, dropped out.
Worked the ground ops on a couple of L10-11 charter flights when I first started my airline ramper career. I was very impressed with this outstanding aircraft. Kudos to the pilots for getting it & the passengers home safely. Great work!
vjfajardo0728 it was really benign at first. They gave us the “We have a maintenance problem and we’re returning to Miami” announcement. No big deal. Shortly after the turn back for Miami the plane starts a sharp descent and it got surprisingly quiet. The next announcement was “flight attendants please prepare the passengers for ditching.” No one panicked or got upset. People were oddly calm. We were instructed to put on our life vests but not inflate them. Of course you heard one or two go off anyway. Interesting side note, always pay attention to the preflight safety briefing. In it we were told to check and make sure the life vest was under our seat. They were on the plane, but hadn’t been put under all the seats. Needless to say, we missed that part and had to crawl completely across the row to find a vest. We were initially told we were going to ditch in Biscayne bay. It was around this time you could see a Coast Guard Falcon on our wing. Once they got number 2 started and we made the turn to the airport we got a good look at just how low we were. Once we landed they hosed down the engine on my side, I assume they hosed both down, and we taxied to the gate. A few years ago I was talking with a Delta pilot who told me Delta got that L-1011 from Eastern when they went under. He apparently got to fly it very early in his career.
There was documentary on a L1011 that after being used by Air Canada for 30 years was bought by NASA and with a few modifications, it is now being used to launch rockets into space that are carrying Satellites into space. The rockets are attached to the belly of the aircraft and it flies on a precise coarse and at a exact time the rocket is the released and drops down while the aircraft quickly get away from the rocket before it fires off and travels the rest of the way into space were the satellite is set off on it's coarse to orbit the earth. It was a very interesting documentary.
Yeah, that L-1011! What a piece of engineering! Had "auto land" capability way back in 73, along with a lot of other cutting edge features. What a plane!
TheFlightChannel This plane should have been a runaway success for the Lockheed Corp, what happened for the sales of this plane to fail? It did everything right, any clue? Too costly to build, to buy?
Seeing a video like this makes me further appreciate what a great aircraft this was. This wasn't the plane's fault in any kind of breakdown of components, it was human error for not following proper procedures. Landing a three-engine plane one one engine, fantastic flying by the pilots!! Long live the Lockheed L-1011!!!!
Pilots NEVER cease to amaze me. Of all the professions in the world, pilots are truly the benchmark in professionalism and expertise within their field.
Now I get spelling lessons, please excuse the hell out of me. I double checked everything and I hope this satisfy's you. Thank you so much for your concern on my spelling.
John Grey ~ The imaginary "God" chooses which kids to give cancer, which people will die each day, which ones are spared. You really live in a fanatically religious disneyworld. If as you say "he" chooses who to die then all the prayers said to save an infant's life are worthless because, well, God ignores them and lets the baby die. And I won't STFU as I have a right to my more intelligent opinion.
Absolutely outstanding use of music! I'm so happy to hear you've taken my advice. What I'd also like to add is adding in the low dreadful sounding music while the problems happen would create an effective atmosphere of pressure. That's all I have to say, amazing work as always. I'm looking forward to more videos!
I took that flight on Spring Break, 1985 with 3 high school buddies. Eastern L1011 from Miami to Nassau. Quick little hop. Glad I didn't know this happened a couple years earlier. Loved flying on the Tristar. First wide body I'd ever flown on. Great airplane.
These machines are incredible man-made contraptions. Intricate and complicated. Those who fly them, service them, and oversee their operations (NTSB, FAA) are among the finest minds America has to offer. ⭕️
Airplanes like these (the L-1011) are the result of an airplane manufacturing company (Lockheed Martin) prioritizing passenger SAFETY and comfort. Had only more airplanes were built with this in mind, then the civil aviation industry would be much safer.
General G.B. McClellan I own several books on the history of the L-1011 aircraft, which include the details about the way it was built and by whom. I have never read ANYWHERE the facts you state here. If you can cite a print reference to this, I would be interested to see it and I’m sure others would be interested as well. Until then, I’ll stick with the facts that my established sources have provided me.
Omg...I’m so happy that things turned out well! I am obsessed with this channel and could really use some good news. What a relief! Those pilots...how amazing!
I really love these videos - I love how you take a plane incident and not only tell the story, but SHOW it using a flight simulator. Well done and keep it up please!
You are truly a Milestone in Education, Experiencing, and feeling the Heat of the Moment issues you make possible... Thank you for this amazing channel!!...
TheFlightChannel Your comment section is some of the very best on YT! Great to have experienced professionals like commercial pilots commenting here and providing more background on certain events.
Also they should have a person from the NTSB aboard as well in case something goes wrong. This would hopefully prevent them from forming their narrow minded assumption of pilot error.
I flew Eastern Airlines as a teenager. It was a very, very, different time. People dressed as if they were going on a business meet or to church when riding jets back then. The seats were comfortable, padded, and wide. The flight attendants were super friendly and eager to help you. Real food was served. The carpets were thick and nice to walk on them. The aisles were big and even the middle seats had elbow room. A flight attetendant even let me meet the captain and see the cockpit. It was truly an incredible experience. Pan AM was also like this. Today, jets are little more than air cattle trucks. They are flying disease incubators. I quit flying when seats shrank by 1/3, prices went way up, luggage fees went up, and people started getting hateful because of the conditions inside the airborne cattle truck. Around 2002, I quit flying and hope never to fly again. I now drive my trusty automobile, take a long distance bus, or take a train. There is no way I am going to pay that much money for what amounts to low grade torture. I was asked if I wanted to get flight ID so I can take flights. My answer was, "Hell no!"
Uno dei pochi video che ho visto con attenzione dall'inizio alla fine. Complimenti per cura avuta nel raccontare la storia e nel riproporla agli appassionati di volo. Bravi!
I remember when this happened, I was a teenager at the time. I remember the news interviewing people from the flight, they look they just aged 10 years.
I’ve been watching the channel Wonder. Great channel of Mayday reenactment of these tragedies. I’ve always been curious as to why and how these terrible plane crashes happen. A few days ago I had your channel pop into my feed. I gave it a watch and I am really impressed by how detailed your work is. Personally it’s more detailed and realistic. You do an excellent job of showing us what happens. Leaving it to our imaginations is more intense than watching the actors. As sad as all this is you capture the all the emotions that goes into these tragedies. I am surprised I found you this late. I have a lot to catch up on. And I subscribed and like every video you work so hard at putting out. Very detailed. Excellent job. RIP to all the people who have died in these plane crashes. Some of them survive such experience. I know the fear personally. Once I was in a plane to land in San Francisco and right before landing the pilot put us into a holding circle pattern for an hour. I didn’t know at the time why but later found out there was a bomb threat on board. It was a bogus call into the airport none the less we had to hold. Fear isn’t even the right word for what I felt. It was terrifying circling for an hour and not knowing why. I was afraid to fly to begin with and that sure didn’t help. Anyway thank you for your hard work at putting these together. I’m impressed. Peace🌹
I flew every year in grade school and that was the late 80s. I really like seeing these videos of the DC10s and the other airplanes from that era it really brings back good memories.
I remember Eastern Airlines with a great deal of fondness. My first ride in an airplane was on an Eastern flight and I still have the first time flier certificate and other little items they gave me in my scrapbook. We would fly Eastern to Florida because its where my grandparents lived and, the remaining two, still live. I remember being so sad when they went out of business because of the dumb strike that the mechanics went on. Something special was lost then. Also, it was a time when flying was special and you were made to feel important, not like an obligated head of cattle passing through the gates.
Jaryd Hancke I am South African so please TheFlightChannel grant us our request. I do remember that it was rumoured to be carrying nuclear waste for dumping.
Good to hear that everyone survived. This refreshed my brain of believing everybody dies in a crash. Also, good to hear that the pilots got awards. I love pilots!!
I can't imagine the terror I would feel if I were a passenger on a plane over the ocean, miles from land, and the sound of all three engines stopped! HOLY %&#*!
Just imagine sitting in your seat and all of a sudden it gets eerily quiet on one side, then the other, then you look and see the engine fan blades have stopped. The amount of pressure that was going through that crew must have been insane. I can't even begin or be able to imagine what they are thinking when the engines stop. You just don't pull over and pop the hood when an engine light goes on it that thing.
IT IZME_ Indeed they could have easily panicked due to the incredible severity of the situation, they were brilliant under stress, I wonder if the pilot was a military pilot before going commercial? I think maybe so.
IT IZME_ I really enjoyed your "pop the hood" comment. I think it was because everyone survived that I allowed myself to laugh. I believe the pilots in the cockpit are so busy assessing and trying to get the plane functional that they basically don't have energy to panic. I think the cabin crew are the ones that are under pressure trying to keep panic stricken passengers calm and reassured. I have noticed when I am flying domestically or internationally I am aware when the plane diverts or turns back that the pilots only inform passengers once they have completed their diversion why they are diverting or turning back.
Great title to this video! i had no idea if they were going to survive or die....i was cheering when that engine started back up. dam these videos make me appreciate live everyday!!
Bro do the disaster video on the latest (2018) crash of turboprop from Bangladesh to Nepal , it got crashed near Kathmandu football playground. Nearly 40 survived !! Pls make a video on this !!! I hope u take this to ur account of interest !! Btw it was an awesome video !!! I love u !!!
Damn lucky people! What kind of affect would this type of descent have on the passengers? I like to know what’s going on in the cabin during some of these incidents if you can let us know. Thanks!
Bart Madness hi Bart thx for your comment. You have probably heard of the Air Transat flight flying from Canada to (Portugal?) In the 1990s. Captain was Robert Piche, 2nd in command DeJagger. As a Canadian, I have always been extremely interested in this story and obviously extremely proud of the outstanding performance of the flight crew who were able to perform a dead-stick landing at Lajes airport in the Azores. Incredibly, about 6 years ago I talked to a young lady whose father was on that plane. For many years he absolutely refused to discuss the incident. Then finally he began to talk about it. He said that when the Airbus lost all power to the engines, the passengers knew things were bad... Really bad! Some of them began to pray, others began to weep Softly. This young lady's father thought he was a dead man. Everybody walked away from the aircraft after Piche performed his dead-stick Landing. Seems there was no cheering. Everyone just kind of knew that they had been given the second chance at Living and they were all kind of in a daze. Anyway Bart, you expressed an interest on this topic so I just thought I would share this story with you.
What an amazing flight crew indeed. Keeping their cool and managing to restart one engine, and with very few hours on the L1011! I can't imagine the guilt/relief felt by the maintenance workers who messed up the orings
An episode that didn't involve everyone perishing.....always refreshing
Reminds me of "The Ghost of Flight 401." "There will never be another crash of an L 1011."
You say that, but I did the biggest fart ever at around 14,000 feet whilst flying from Dalaman to LGW about a month ago. I'd hazard a guess that the people for the next 6 rows behind me perished. The stench was unreal. The usual gas cocktail was a belly full of chicken mixed with Dr Pepper.
At least for me, the UP NEXT video is back to "everyone dies"
@@23hublock1 Terror In The Skies: When Recirculated "Air" Kills
@@23hublock1 lmfao
On average, and this video is no exception, yours are among the all time best videos I have seen on the web. As a sound technician, let me say for the record your soundscapes are fantastic. The music is super clean and clear, well done. The fade ins/outs are perfect. The practice of slightly changing the aural perspective for different subject views greatly increases the realism and tension. A+ overall.
Agreed. I listen with a eMu ADA and a Bang & Olufsen BeoSond 2000.
The one thing that really sucks is the constant commercial interruptions.
I thought so too. The sound of the L-1011 taking off was especially realistic.
@@AlaskaErik Adblock Plus is your friend.
Have AdBlock. Doesn't stop the commercials on UA-cam.
9:29 WhisperLiner: so quiet you'd swear it wasn't on.
😁😁😁
It certainly gets real quiet when all three engines aren’t running...
@@gregm4482 :)
😂🤣 Lol 😁
"It was the quietest flight I was ever on." - Helen Keller
I’m a flight engineer on the KC-10, has the same engine configuration as the 1011. Was in the simulator today and we ran an all engine flameout checklist for practice. It can get stressful if you don’t have some altitude to work with lol
Air Force Vette
Although not a pilot my first instinct would be to keep heading to Nassau with only 50 miles to go rather than turn around. Not trying to arm chair but do you think my decision would be correct as well? My gut told me that something more was going on with the oil pressure situation than in just one engine. Can't explain why even though I never heard of this flight before.
@@watershed44 : ...hopefully your instinct would be suppressed by your 12,000 to 17,000 hours of experience [ 1:25 ] and avoiding the limitations of your destination 'covered in low clouds and a thunderstorm' [ 4:14 ] and further, 'deteriorating weather, not equipped with radar, traffic ahead of your FLT855' [ 5:41 ] so you may not be next to land ... at least returning puts you back in a known environment with more options in your favor ...
@@watershed44 I am not a pilot either, but the video pretty clearly articulated why the aircraft was diverted back to Miami.
@Bobby Ricigliano
Doesn't mean it was the right decision though.
@@watershed44 In my opinion, the fact that the flight crew landed the airplane safely and everyone survived unscathed makes it the right decision.
If there is one thing any passenger on a commercial air must do is to put their trust in the flight crew to make the right decisions and get them safely to their destination. The only thing scary about passenger air travel is the complete relinquishing of control over your life to a perfect stranger. I would rather thank this pilot than question his decisions.
In aircraft maintenance there can be no shortcuts. At least the flight crew was competent and avoided a potential disaster. The FAA needs to step up maintenance inspections because even the best pilots can't fly a plane that stops working.
The captain was competent?????? Hey, he’s the guy that disregarded the computer warnings of no oil in engines!!!!
If they made back to Miami, isn’t because of him, but because of luck and timing!!!!
Don't forget, it was also a Lockheed L-1011 they were on. unlike it's competitor, the L-1011 has an impeccable safety record, and was designed with multiple redundancies in mind. when taken proper care of and competently handled, I believe it to be one of the best and safest planes in the world
@@italiani41 I'll beg to differ. Did you not see the cause of the engine failure? I can't imagine how a fucking aircraft mechanic thinks it's OK to omit parts from an engine, never mind the cheap, lazy-ass ones that work on the average passenger car and cut corners. Kudos to the flight crew, but I hope every one of the fucking clown-ass "mechanics" were fired.
@@bluecollarcanuck Naw his ass should be in jail if they start charging these mechanics with federal felonies they would get it right then.
@@JohnAmaro_Official Are you serious? The pilot disregarded the indicator. The indicator was correct. If they lost fuel at a certain time they could have all been killed. Giving them all awards was bizarre.
i saw something else on his incident once before. I seem to remember the third engine quit shortly after landing as well. The fact they shut that engine down before it was destroyed bought them just enough run time after the others were destroyed, that when it was restarted, it made it the. runway
L-1011 fantastic aircraft, just ahead of it's time.
I heard that engines 1& 3 seized due to the absence of oil but because 2 was shutdown while it still had a little oil remaining, it could be restarted.
Then it was run at max power because they needed everything they could get. Due to the extreme friction at full power with no oil, the bearings actually melted rather than seizing, allowing the engine to continue to produce power with the shafts running in liquid metal. When power was reduced on the roll out it seized as is cooled.
Rolls Royce Engineering 👍
@butchtropic
You are right, must have been rumour that I heard at the time.
Here is the NTSB report on the No 2 engine. maybe close to seizing would have been a more accurate description.
"No. 2 Engine
The results of the pre-repair test showed that all of the engine-measured parameters, including engine vibration levels,
were within prescribed limits.
There was a slight amount of cage lapping on the high pressure location bearing between the cage bore and the inner race
lands, and the silver plating was removed from the lapped area of the cage. The remaining location bearings and
components were in normal condition.
The driven and driving bevel gears of the internal gearbox assembly were normally engaged and rotated freely.
Disassembly of the radial drive driven bevel gear housing assembly showed that the ball bearings had surface heat
discoloration on the outer race and on one-half of the bearing inner race and balls; however, the bearing's components
retained their original shape and dimensions with the surface texture remaining smooth. The bearing cage had begun to
make rubbing contact with the outer race lands, and the cage pockets were heavily scuffed. The rollers and the rolling
surfaces of the inner roller bearing showed evidence of surface heat discoloration. The silver plating on the cage was
intact and had normal color. Although the outer roller bearing was not discolored, it showed some cage lapping in the
bore of the outer race."
Chris.
@@chrisfoote9413
Is that what they call r/whoosh?
The 3rd engine kinda looks like the boeing 727 though
@@PAVLOS2000 D+
Did you seriously just say the engine was functioning while partially melting?
The L1011 was a fantastic plane, it was relatively quiet, had lots of power, did consume a buttload of fuel though, but it could land itself and in that regard was way ahead of its time....
Branon Fontaine the same autoland design architecture was used for the L-1011 as as the one used on the British Trident, known as AAFS, 'Radio Altimeter Assisted Ballistic Flaring System', which had been previously co-developed by the RAF and BLEU (blind landing experimental unit) based at RAF Martlesham, for the Avro Vulcan and the Canberra, and a few other military aircraft types in development around the same time.
A Team from the FAA travelled to RAF Martlesham in 1956 to see the system working, and were so impressed with it, that that they they are licensed its use for use on American aircraft, before developing a similar version of their own.
Indeed, it was such a successful system, that many later airline manufacturers, including McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, Boeing, Fokker, and and the pre-amalgamated British manufacturers, like Vickers and de Havilland all adopted similar types of system.
Ballistic phase flaring, allowed the aircraft autopilot to disregard the the glide slope ILS Beam once it had had past a certain threshold, rendering it it no longer usable by instruments, allowing the aircraft to adopt the correct landing setup up once it had passed a certain point on approach.
If the aircraft already knew the approximate weight of the aircraft, (i.e. how much fuel was left on board), and and the general characteristics of the plane prior to landing phase, then the autopilot could set up the the flaps, slats, and speed and throttle control the moment it had intercepted the ILS. So even if all of the pilots and flight engineer had past out or succumbed for any reason, then the aircraft could simply follow the glide slope until it had reached the point where the glides slope was no longer usable (ILS Beacons are placed at the far end of the runway, so at about 2000 feet distance from the runway threshold, the glide slope starts to become irrelevant beyond a certain angular descent rate), at which point the aircraft enters the ballistic phase, so as long as the radio altimeter knows the height of the aircraft, and the aircraft speed, then it simply carries on flying at that descent rate until it touches down on the runway and auto brakes (with reverse thrusters if available.)
The same system is still used today, although it's it's a more accurate and updated digital version of course.
I took ham radio courses from Bill Welsh, who wrote the manual for the L1011. He was president of the Lockheed Amateur Radio Club in Burbank when Lockheed was there. An old navy radio operator, he could send & receive More code at about 75 WPM!
My next door neighbor (my he RIP) was in the 8th Army Air Corps and flew B-17s over Europe ... he retired as a pilot flying L-1011s for Delta.
TRUTH,,
ruuusky version of L1011...
crashed due to "worst metallurgy since 1970s fords" ;
M.A.Bodine...
Sure it was quiet running on one engine only.
"Everyone survives."
Including me. I was on the edge of my seat then whole time.
actually?
ah yes u were
Really??
Uridien 1 a
@NKL8K9 Because there used to be international restrictions regarding the number of engines needed for a plane that is capable of transatlantic flights. The minimum engines that a plane needed for those flights were 3 engines. That restriction, eventuall, dropped out.
Worked the ground ops on a couple of L10-11 charter flights when I first started my airline ramper career. I was very impressed with this outstanding aircraft. Kudos to the pilots for getting it & the passengers home safely. Great work!
I was actually on this flight as a kid. The pilots did an amazing job. Great work on telling the story!
Care to share the story inside the cabin?
vjfajardo0728 it was really benign at first. They gave us the “We have a maintenance problem and we’re returning to Miami” announcement. No big deal. Shortly after the turn back for Miami the plane starts a sharp descent and it got surprisingly quiet. The next announcement was “flight attendants please prepare the passengers for ditching.” No one panicked or got upset. People were oddly calm. We were instructed to put on our life vests but not inflate them. Of course you heard one or two go off anyway. Interesting side note, always pay attention to the preflight safety briefing. In it we were told to check and make sure the life vest was under our seat. They were on the plane, but hadn’t been put under all the seats. Needless to say, we missed that part and had to crawl completely across the row to find a vest. We were initially told we were going to ditch in Biscayne bay. It was around this time you could see a Coast Guard Falcon on our wing. Once they got number 2 started and we made the turn to the airport we got a good look at just how low we were. Once we landed they hosed down the engine on my side, I assume they hosed both down, and we taxied to the gate. A few years ago I was talking with a Delta pilot who told me Delta got that L-1011 from Eastern when they went under. He apparently got to fly it very early in his career.
I miss this iconic airline..they were the first to premier the B727 and also the B757. The Tristar L1011 was such a nice plane...you did well here
Hey Hey Omari!
dude if you have not been under a rock they are operating again, just they are doing charter flights.
+planes spotter and railfanner yeah under rock just as you have been living under a bridge
There was documentary on a L1011 that after being used by Air Canada for 30 years was bought by NASA and with a few modifications, it is now being used to launch rockets into space that are carrying Satellites into space. The rockets are attached to the belly of the aircraft and it flies on a precise coarse and at a exact time the rocket is the released and drops down while the aircraft quickly get away from the rocket before it fires off and travels the rest of the way into space were the satellite is set off on it's coarse to orbit the earth. It was a very interesting documentary.
Yeah, that L-1011! What a piece of engineering! Had "auto land" capability way back in 73, along with a lot of other cutting edge features. What a plane!
Cool to see the old Eastern logo again.
Wait, it changed?
Overall another well made recreation! Good to know the L-1011's safety record is quite good and quite an advanced plane for its time. Well done!
Thank you man!!! The L-1011 was just perfect 😞😞
Ir was one of the easiest to fly too! No bad habits at all.
777XFan i am a fan of all boeing 777
TheFlightChannel
This plane should have been a runaway success for the Lockheed Corp, what happened for the sales of this plane to fail? It did everything right, any clue? Too costly to build, to buy?
watershed44 too advanced for its time. Too difficult to maintain.
Seeing a video like this makes me further appreciate what a great aircraft this was. This wasn't the plane's fault in any kind of breakdown of components, it was human error for not following proper procedures. Landing a three-engine plane one one engine, fantastic flying by the pilots!! Long live the Lockheed L-1011!!!!
Pilots NEVER cease to amaze me. Of all the professions in the world, pilots are truly the benchmark in professionalism and expertise within their field.
I love your videos it’s obvious you put a lot of time into making them. Thank You.
Immanuel J Thanks man!
Sounded as though a lot of people weren't doing there job's, video was put together very well, nice job bud.
Thanks a lot man
Now I get spelling lessons, please excuse the hell out of me. I double checked everything and I hope this satisfy's you. Thank you so much for your concern on my spelling.
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*satisfies
Meg Inwood Wrong, I'm right
lastinlineband1 Who cares whether you can spell or not, where has it gotten you other than making comments on youtube. Whoopie dooo
Came here straight after I came home.
Just another amazing video.
Thank you so much man!!!!
Thank God it did'nt crash!
Aaryan Ramourti....thank who? Never heard of her....
"God" had nothing to do with it. The crew did an outstanding job. Where is "God" when aircraft DO crash?
John Grey ~ The imaginary "God" chooses which kids to give cancer, which people will die each day, which ones are spared. You really live in a fanatically religious disneyworld. If as you say "he" chooses who to die then all the prayers said to save an infant's life are worthless because, well, God ignores them and lets the baby die. And I won't STFU as I have a right to my more intelligent opinion.
John Grey lol religion is just an industry, who believes that kind off stuff anymore.
I just wanted to say that im happy it didnt crash and now you"ll have started an argument over religion.
wow!
Absolutely outstanding use of music! I'm so happy to hear you've taken my advice. What I'd also like to add is adding in the low dreadful sounding music while the problems happen would create an effective atmosphere of pressure. That's all I have to say, amazing work as always. I'm looking forward to more videos!
I took that flight on Spring Break, 1985 with 3 high school buddies. Eastern L1011 from Miami to Nassau. Quick little hop. Glad I didn't know this happened a couple years earlier. Loved flying on the Tristar. First wide body I'd ever flown on. Great airplane.
George Mallory waittt you were on this plane?? You guys didn’t know any of this happening?
Ahhh yes, those Beautiful birds back in the day! Tri star, DC10, 727s and of course the mighty 747s..😍👍
These machines are incredible man-made contraptions. Intricate and complicated. Those who fly them, service them, and oversee their operations (NTSB, FAA) are among the finest minds America has to offer. ⭕️
Airplanes like these (the L-1011) are the result of an airplane manufacturing company (Lockheed Martin) prioritizing passenger SAFETY and comfort. Had only more airplanes were built with this in mind, then the civil aviation industry would be much safer.
Ralph Saavedra are you stupid? crashes are literally at an all time low
Ralph Saavedra The L-1011 was built by Lockheed, before the merger with Martin. All Lockheed!
@@bjmajor The L-1011 was a continuation the British Aircraft Corp. BAC.311 which they could not fund so there idea/data went to Lockheed to finish.
General G.B. McClellan I own several books on the history of the L-1011 aircraft, which include the details about the way it was built and by whom. I have never read ANYWHERE the facts you state here. If you can cite a print reference to this, I would be interested to see it and I’m sure others would be interested as well. Until then, I’ll stick with the facts that my established sources have provided me.
And the example of greed was the DC 10
Awesome. The best pilots, attention to detail, thorough, worked well together, and saved lives.
when I flew a lot on the 80's I always flew delta. only under certain circumstances I would fly eastern. loved those L-1011s.
Omg...I’m so happy that things turned out well! I am obsessed with this channel and could really use some good news. What a relief! Those pilots...how amazing!
Whisperliner that is very accurate :D
(Cheech Marin voice) "It's a Whisperliner for real now!"
r/cursedcomments
You stole my words lol😂
I really love these videos - I love how you take a plane incident and not only tell the story, but SHOW it using a flight simulator. Well done and keep it up please!
You are truly a Milestone in Education, Experiencing, and feeling the Heat of the Moment issues you make possible... Thank you for this amazing channel!!...
john merlino Thank you so much for your support man!
I agree!!!
TheFlightChannel
Your comment section is some of the very best on YT! Great to have experienced professionals like commercial pilots commenting here and providing more background on certain events.
I agree too
Another stunning masterpiece of entertainment well researched and perfectly executed, you have redeemed UA-cam for me cant wait for the next
Your channel is so good and realistic, it’s like I’m actually on Eastern 855! Keep up the great work!
Flew on the Eastern L1011 a number of times as a kid. Loved it!
I flew on the L1011 . I always liked the airplane.. great flying ,well done
All of your videos are great, but my absolute favorites are the ones that include the words "everyone survives". Keep up your excellent work.
New video yes!!!!
Also: I love the new description so that I’m not allowed to cheat and see if everyone died or not!
I think this is officially my favorite you tube channel! Can't stop watching. It's nice to see stories that end well too!
I think someone from maintenance should be required to be on each flight. I'll bet maintenance oversight would rapidly improve!
Rome engineers were required to stand under the bridge they designed as the last of rhe falsework was removed 👍
Hell yeah!
Also they should have a person from the NTSB aboard as well in case something goes wrong. This would hopefully prevent them from forming their narrow minded assumption of pilot error.
I flew Eastern Airlines as a teenager. It was a very, very, different time. People dressed as if they were going on a business meet or to church when riding jets back then. The seats were comfortable, padded, and wide. The flight attendants were super friendly and eager to help you. Real food was served. The carpets were thick and nice to walk on them. The aisles were big and even the middle seats had elbow room. A flight attetendant even let me meet the captain and see the cockpit. It was truly an incredible experience. Pan AM was also like this. Today, jets are little more than air cattle trucks. They are flying disease incubators. I quit flying when seats shrank by 1/3, prices went way up, luggage fees went up, and people started getting hateful because of the conditions inside the airborne cattle truck. Around 2002, I quit flying and hope never to fly again. I now drive my trusty automobile, take a long distance bus, or take a train. There is no way I am going to pay that much money for what amounts to low grade torture. I was asked if I wanted to get flight ID so I can take flights. My answer was, "Hell no!"
Those pilots did a masterful job. 👍👍🛫✈️🛬
Well Done Dudley !
Think of it -- the pilot had just 13 hours logged on the L1011!!!!
By far the best videos on UA-cam...great work!
Another masterpiece
Thanks man!!!
All your work was well worth it! Thanks!
best pilot and chanel flight best 👍
Uno dei pochi video che ho visto con attenzione dall'inizio alla fine. Complimenti per cura avuta nel raccontare la storia e nel riproporla agli appassionati di volo. Bravi!
I remember when this happened, I was a teenager at the time. I remember the news interviewing people from the flight, they look they just aged 10 years.
never get tired of watching your videos while waiting for new ones, keep it up!
Pilots probably got a standing ovation from the passengers after this amazing landing.
I’ve been watching the channel Wonder. Great channel of Mayday reenactment of these tragedies. I’ve always been curious as to why and how these terrible plane crashes happen. A few days ago I had your channel pop into my feed. I gave it a watch and I am really impressed by how detailed your work is. Personally it’s more detailed and realistic. You do an excellent job of showing us what happens. Leaving it to our imaginations is more intense than watching the actors. As sad as all this is you capture the all the emotions that goes into these tragedies. I am surprised I found you this late. I have a lot to catch up on. And I subscribed and like every video you work so hard at putting out. Very detailed. Excellent job. RIP to all the people who have died in these plane crashes. Some of them survive such experience. I know the fear personally. Once I was in a plane to land in San Francisco and right before landing the pilot put us into a holding circle pattern for an hour. I didn’t know at the time why but later found out there was a bomb threat on board. It was a bogus call into the airport none the less we had to hold. Fear isn’t even the right word for what I felt. It was terrifying circling for an hour and not knowing why. I was afraid to fly to begin with and that sure didn’t help. Anyway thank you for your hard work at putting these together. I’m impressed. Peace🌹
With all three engines out the plane definitely lived up to the name on the #2 engine cowling, "Whisperliner".
That feeling when you explore a new channel and you love it
Amazing Video! Keep it Up man! :D
Thanks man!!!
@TheFlightChannel Np, I’ll always be your Biggest Fan :)
The channel is SO great. I'm obsessed with these videos.
Hats off! Wonderful vid from my most favourite youtube channel. Great vid and never stop this process.
Thanks a lot man
You are the best ! .. I am trying to watch every single video you made so far. Learning a lot from these incidents and accidents ! keep it up
Well done man
Thank you so much man!!!!
This is the best i saw from you...
Wow Eastern still around man I loved the L1011 every time we went to Puerto Rico every summer that was the plane we took from Ohare Airport..
Amazing again!
I flew every year in grade school and that was the late 80s. I really like seeing these videos of the DC10s and the other airplanes from that era it really brings back good memories.
Amazing piece of work here!
Thanks man!!
Dangerously addictive videos. 5 star for the music.
I remember Eastern Airlines with a great deal of fondness. My first ride in an airplane was on an Eastern flight and I still have the first time flier certificate and other little items they gave me in my scrapbook. We would fly Eastern to Florida because its where my grandparents lived and, the remaining two, still live. I remember being so sad when they went out of business because of the dumb strike that the mechanics went on. Something special was lost then. Also, it was a time when flying was special and you were made to feel important, not like an obligated head of cattle passing through the gates.
You have posted so many videos now I can’t even keep with all of them keep the speed of uploading going it’s awesome!
This gives new meaning to the name "Whisperliner"...
After watching these videos I truly respect and I admire the work that all airline employees perform in securing our safety.
Finally! A happy ending
Great vid, keep up the good work 👍
Gives a new meaning to the name 'Whisperliner'
APU power down hill
The l-1011 is my favorite playing of all time hair you captured it perfectly your work is excellent
Love it❤️❤️ as always
Can you do a video on SAA flight 285 AKA the heldeberg
Jaryd Hancke I am South African so please TheFlightChannel grant us our request. I do remember that it was rumoured to be carrying nuclear waste for dumping.
New music and accurate AI traffic for the time! Another legendary video. ✈️👍
Three o rings and lazy maintenance could have cost the lives of 172 people and a beautiful L-1011
WOW ! One of the successful endings ! Great reconstruction video !! SUPERB !!
Wonderful video, keep up the good work
Those magic words "Everyone Survives", just gives lot of happiness. Salute to these Pilot Heros.
Perhaps the spirit of old Don Repo was watching over the folk on this flight, hence they were able to make it back alive.
Good to hear that everyone survived. This refreshed my brain of believing everybody dies in a crash. Also, good to hear that the pilots got awards. I love pilots!!
I can't imagine the terror I would feel if I were a passenger on a plane over the ocean, miles from land, and the sound of all three engines stopped! HOLY %&#*!
I Luv Listening To The Music U Guy’s Provide Whenever There Is A Bad Situation Despite How It End’s Hopefully 🙏 Very Well
Very well Done :D
Thank you so much!!!!
Hahahaha, LoL, Theflight channel and da the ship channel
Love your videos this is wonderful. So much time and effort put in
Just imagine sitting in your seat and all of a sudden it gets eerily quiet on one side, then the other, then you look and see the engine fan blades have stopped.
The amount of pressure that was going through that crew must have been insane.
I can't even begin or be able to imagine what they are thinking when the engines stop.
You just don't pull over and pop the hood when an engine light goes on it that thing.
IT IZME_
Indeed they could have easily panicked due to the incredible severity of the situation, they were brilliant under stress, I wonder if the pilot was a military pilot before going commercial? I think maybe so.
IT IZME_ I really enjoyed your "pop the hood" comment. I think it was because everyone survived that I allowed myself to laugh. I believe the pilots in the cockpit are so busy assessing and trying to get the plane functional that they basically don't have energy to panic. I think the cabin crew are the ones that are under pressure trying to keep panic stricken passengers calm and reassured. I have noticed when I am flying domestically or internationally I am aware when the plane diverts or turns back that the pilots only inform passengers once they have completed their diversion why they are diverting or turning back.
Dude, I remember you at something like 50k subscribers when your channel was called MyFlightChannle :) Nice to see you've grown a lot since
Incredible this plane could maintain flight with one engine, no less even gain some altitude
You do a great job! I notice you put much effort for your videos
The L1011 was the most advanced and well engineered aircraft in a generation
Achmad Osman
Why was the L1011 not a huge success for Lockheed?
It is astonishing that this plane was a sales failure? What happened?
Sadly there will be no more trijets :(
Great title to this video! i had no idea if they were going to survive or die....i was cheering when that engine started back up. dam these videos make me appreciate live everyday!!
I am sorry because I need to go to school and miss your videos.Sorry😢
Xiaomeng Yang ya school always sucks... luckily im on spring break now...
Your channel is getting better each time !!😊😊
ahmed nasef Thanks, i appreciate!
Bro do the disaster video on the latest (2018) crash of turboprop from Bangladesh to Nepal , it got crashed near Kathmandu football playground. Nearly 40 survived !!
Pls make a video on this !!!
I hope u take this to ur account of interest !!
Btw it was an awesome video !!!
I love u !!!
They did it.
Love this channel keep up the good work mate
Damn lucky people! What kind of affect would this type of descent have on the passengers? I like to know what’s going on in the cabin during some of these incidents if you can let us know. Thanks!
Bart Madness hi Bart thx for your comment. You have probably heard of the Air Transat flight flying from Canada to (Portugal?) In the 1990s. Captain was Robert Piche, 2nd in command DeJagger. As a Canadian, I have always been extremely interested in this story and obviously extremely proud of the outstanding performance of the flight crew who were able to perform a dead-stick landing at Lajes airport in the Azores. Incredibly, about 6 years ago I talked to a young lady whose father was on that plane. For many years he absolutely refused to discuss the incident. Then finally he began to talk about it. He said that when the Airbus lost all power to the engines, the passengers knew things were bad... Really bad! Some of them began to pray, others began to weep Softly. This young lady's father thought he was a dead man. Everybody walked away from the aircraft after Piche performed his dead-stick Landing. Seems there was no cheering. Everyone just kind of knew that they had been given the second chance at Living and they were all kind of in a daze.
Anyway Bart, you expressed an interest on this topic so I just thought I would share this story with you.
Engine #2 should have got a award for stepping up to the problem and running without oil. Engine #2 was the true hero.
You cool!! You awesome!! You pilot!!! You amazing!!!
Thanks a lot man!!!
You grammar You bad
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What an amazing flight crew indeed. Keeping their cool and managing to restart one engine, and with very few hours on the L1011! I can't imagine the guilt/relief felt by the maintenance workers who messed up the orings
flying is the only beauty thing in the skies
Great video man, keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot man!!!
If memory serves, i think the airplane had to be towed to the gate because Nr. 2 engine failed shortly after landing.
Excellent. To the point and concise! Keep it up!